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    Multiscale runs at scales from synoptic to very local Multipurpose Computes the deposit fallout elaboration of hazard Computes airborne concentration etc.) can be used to forecast or to study past events. Follows an offline approach. Online coupling in progress.

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    Ash cloud modelling using FALL3D

    A. Folch Volcanic Ash Awareness Workshop, Catania, June 23-24, 2009 Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain

    Overview Eulerianmodelbasedontheadvectiondiffusionsedimentationequation. Multipleclassesorbins(fromtephratoveryPineash;lithicsorjuvenilecomposition). Admitsdifferentparameterizationsfor: i)Verticalandhorizontaldiffusion(atmosphericturbulence). ii)Terminalsettlingvelocities(severalsemiempiricalmodelsavailable). iii)Sourceterm(e.g.buoyantplumetheory). Multiscalemodel:runsatscalesfromsynoptic(1000skm)toverylocal(fewkm). Multipurposemodel: Computesthedeposit(ashfalloutforecast,elaborationofhazardmaps,etc). Computesairborneconcentration(FL,integrated,etc.). Canbeusedtoforecastortostudypastevents. Followsanofflineapproach.However,NMMb(NCEP)onlinecouplinginprogress... Testedfor:Ves.(44),MSH(80),Chichn(86),Spurr(92),Etna(98;01;02),Chaitn(08). Soonoperationalat:BsAsVAAC,COPAIRE(Quito),IGN(Spain).
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    Meteorological inputs Adatabaseinterfacesmeteorologicalinputdata(grib1,grib2,andNetCDF)andthe FALL3Dmodel(NetCDFinputdatabase). Spatialresolution 0.5o2.5o


    METEODATA

    Models Global GFS,NCEP2 (NMM) WRF,ARPA,ETA (NMM) CALMET (massconsistent interpolator) (decodesandinterpolates)

    220km

    Mesoscale

    <1km

    Local

    Database

    FALL3D
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    Postprocessstrategy 1)Resultsatground: Depositload. Depositthickness. PM10,PM5,PM2.5. 2)Resultsonair: Columnmass(load). ConcentrationatPlightlevels. 3DConcentration. *Cuts. *VerticalproPiles. Images GRD GIS NetCDF Tracking FALL3D

    3)Trackingatselectedpoints: (e.g.anairport). Ashaccumulationrates. AirQuality. Animations GoogleEarth


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    Numericalperformance Solvingalgorithm: Finitedifferences. Terrainfollowing. Secondorderschemewithlimiters. Serialandparallelversions. Parallelizationattwolevels(speedupacceptable125proc.,block256proc.): i)Classes(bins). ii)Domain.

    Whyamultiscalemodelisnecessary? VAACs: Regionalashcloudtracking/forecast. Largedomains,lowresolutionmodelling.

    Europe: Denselypopulatedareas(localeffectsalsoimportant!!). Likelytohavesmallscaleevents. e.g.Etna,Vesuvius,Aores,Tenerife Teide 2kmheightplume.Considerthesmallestexplosiveevent 24h WRFwindsat2kmresolution(PBL,localeffects,etc.)

    1x1

    Tenerife

    airport airport

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